Obituaries

Kathleen “Toby” Day, 85, of Hawkeye Care Center in Asbury, Iowa, died Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, at the MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center in Dubuque, Iowa. Visitation was 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, at Hoffmann Schneider & Kitchen Funeral Home & Crematory in Dubuque. The funeral service for Toby was at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, at Hoffmann Schneider & Kitchen…

Funeral services for Carol Ann (Tootie) Hartog, 81, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, at the Langston Street Chapel of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.     She was born August 18, 1943 to James and Gladys (Kruger) Egan in Ellsworth, Minnesota. Mrs. Hartog passed away Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, in the Cardiac ICU at Cox Hospital, Springfield, Missouri.  She graduated…

Marvin Wesley Tinklenberg was born August 15, 1940, in Leota, to Ed and Martha (Kallemeyn) Tinklenberg. He attended Leota Christian School through the eighth grade and earned a high school diploma by mail. Marvin married Verla Jean Ruiter on June 21, 1962, at the Bethel Reformed Church in Leota. After their marriage, the couple lived in Leota. Marvin worked for his father at Tinklenberg &…

Eugene “Gene” LeRoy Cragoe was born on Aug. 28, 1935, to Charles and Garnet (Hetrick) Cragoe in Luverne, Minnesota. He passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Oct. 30, 2024, at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A service was at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at First Presbyterian Church in Luverne with burial following at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. Gene was…

James L. Johnson, age 80, of Luverne, Minnesota, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Memorial visitation was Monday, Nov. 4, from 5-7 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m., all at Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne. Burial was at Christ Lutheran Cemetery in Alvord, Iowa. Arrangements were under the care of Hartquist Funeral Home…

Edgar “Ed” Anton Vermeer, 82, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, formerly of Brandon, South Dakota, passed away on Oct. 29, 2024, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family. Visitation was 5-7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, at Heartland Funeral Home, Brandon. Memorial services were at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, at Spirit of Truth Lutheran Church, Brandon.  Inurnment followed at…

Gertrude Steinberg, age 100, of Hills, Minnesota, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, at the Tuff Memorial Home in Hills, Minnesota. Visitation was Wednesday, October 30, 2024, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Jurrens Funeral Home of Hills, Minnesota. Private funeral for family and friends will be held Thursday, Oct. 31, at the Jurrens Funeral Home in Hills, Minnesota.  Burial will follow at Eastside Cemetery near…

Eugene "Gene" Cragoe, age 89, of Luverne, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, at Hartquist Funeral Home-Luverne Chapel. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at First Presbyterian Church in Luverne with burial to follow at Maplewood Cemetery,…

Gloria Schlapkohl Siekmeier, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in her Denver home, age 91. Gloria was laid to rest with the Schlapkohl family in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne, Minnesota, at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 30. She was born to Lloyd and Ruth (Dietrich) Schlapkohl in Luverne, Minnesota, Oct. 17, 1932, and raised on the Schlapkohl family farm in a home without electricity or running water. She…

John P. Meyer, age 78, of Luverne, Minnesota, formerly of Sioux City, Iowa, died peacefully on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, at Parkview Manor in Ellsworth, Minnesota. A memorial service will be held Monday, Oct. 21, at 2 p.m., with visitation beginning at 1 p.m., all at Meyer Brothers Funeral Home – Colonial Chapel (3220 Stone Park Blvd.) in Sioux City. Arrangements are under the care of Hartquist…

Helen Lu Rollag, formerly of Brookings, South Dakota, passed away Oct. 7, 2024, under the loving care of family and hospice in Litchfield Park, Arizona, at the age of 88. Though she will be greatly missed, her family rejoices that she is fully healed and in the arms of her Savior Jesus. She was born July 26, 1936, in Jasper, Minnesota, the youngest of three children to Leon and Jessie Haggard. …

Eva Lou Elaine Aanenson, 99, passed away peacefully on Friday, Oct 11, 2024.  Born in Rock County, near Luverne, Minnesota, on June 24, 1925, to Harry and Lena (Hamann) Beers. Eva Lou lived on a farm and went to country school in Rock County near Luverne, where she first met her future husband, Curtis Aanenson. She graduated from Luverne High School and later moved to Minneapolis. Eva Lou and…

On September 24, 2024, Joyce Ann Burgess was welcomed into heaven on the arc of a rainbow. On that day, Joyce’s favorite saying, “Let’s see what the day brings,” was answered for all time.  Joyce Ann Jacobson  was born Nov. 27, 1943, in Rock Rapids, Iowa. Her parents, Sigurd and Johanna Jacobson, had four girls - Sylvia, Annette, Joyce and Lynda. Joyce often told people that she was a Norwegian…

Doris Betsy Gath was born July 2, 1929, at home in Kenneth, Minnesota, to Gus and Reba (Wurm) Gullickson. She grew up on the farm and graduated from high school in Luverne, Minnesota, in 1947. Since she lived 20-plus miles from school, and there weren’t any school buses, she rode to school with a boy from a neighboring farm, Elmer Gath. After her graduation Doris’ family quit farming and moved to…

Dora was born on November 25, 1934, to Brandt and Sophia (Fryling) Bruxvoort in Buenos Aries, Argentina, where her father was a missionary to a Dutch settlement. Her twin brothers Brandt and Herman and her brother Ralph were born while they lived in Argentina. They returned to the United States in 1936 by boat and settled in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where her sister Joanna and brother Marvin were…

Jason Allen Ourada, age 49, of Luverne, formerly of Walnut Grove, passed away peacefully Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, at his home. A funeral service was at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, at English Lutheran Church in Walnut Grove. Visitation was one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the Walnut Grove Cemetery at a later date. Online condolences may be sent at www.…